New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-25
NOTES on CURREATIRT.
THE OPENING OF THE ART SCHOOLS.

The announcements Of the art schools which VIII
be opened next week, indicate continual effort for
a higher standard, well for larger facilities an
effort which is cOmmcndable I'm view Of the limited
pecuniary resources of the public schools In th,
city. The Art Students League like somo of our
colleges is endcavOring to effect improvement in
the pref araOry training, u "dccmed necessary
from the fact that many students on entering arg
found to have uired false methods, whose eraik
cation involves the loss OF much valuable time"
"pIcparatory Antique Class" has been added which
can be entered without an examination. 1h., should
enable the school to than hod its own i'm III,
requirements Of the regular classes, and the same
Of Students Anuher progressive measure IL tho
strengthening Of the instruction In modelling by tho
addition Of Mr.. st. Gaudcns TO the corps of teachers.
It IS only within few years that the teaching Of
modelling has received serious attention, but With
Nes7r'' r.. OaIdenS -, ana Brewster at the
5 non r and , MGIropotap F Museum Art schools
now offers excellent opportunities to students
There are further announcements of an "all day"
Of Mr Brush to The charge Of the mems evening lie
class I'm place Of Mr.. Sartan, who + abroad and Of
the substitution Of Mr. b. r. ritz for Nj Weir in tho
preparatory class Will be I'm charge of Mr. H. A. levy.
have az been To2 emoaSed daras h s
summer and the friends Of this excel cnt school viii
be CAD learn mat it Is about to enter uron the
enjoyment Of exceptionally fno' class rooms.
The cases Of the Gotham Art students" will be
resumed at No. G07 Broadway on the day az
the opening of the Art LeaSue-a week Tomorrow
THIS association, which founded for tho special
purpose Of n-tructng those practically Interested IN
ap. lied art has peared to be approaching mon. aud
more Closely to the usual academic school In tho
circular the object j. stated TO be TO give tho
student a school where the standard VIII he Of
the highest and the terms within the means of those
admitted" Artisans however viii find opportupItie,
n evening and sunday classes, and in lecture, upon
technical and industrial subjects There Is prrpaga-
Tho Instructors are Mcssrs Mowbray, I1tz, lIeer,
Moynihan and Derrick
The contradictions of a recent report Of M Ru-kln,
insanity supplemented by the announcement in
the october Art Journal that Mr. Ru,kn', health
Is 80 completely restored that he j. better than 10
has been for time" An account uf the damage,
to Westminster Abbey By the jubilee ceremonies Is
quoted in this magazine Tie Coronation Chair and
Mt Bautins', famous brown wash" come first. It
appear, that the APP LEGATION OF this stuff since partially
removed. not Only changed the color Of chair but
also o6litcracd the curious remain, of H. f,Wceuih-
century decorations which executed ln g'ded
gcs-o conf O>uon of powdered plaster Of Paris with
-lze glue Or gum applied with a brush which forms
ma gaZiur. After the Coronation Chair comes tho
stained glass. which seems to have escaped compare
lively unframed, although there suspicious ot
damage To one Of the three windows In the ap>e. In
tho triforum arcade are numerous chips and marks
Of hOb-nailcd boots The mOu.dIngs OF the principal
arcade Of the apsc the carved diaper the walls
capital 81 pier in the north tTanscpt Is SPLIT
that il /. kept from faIn- by cords. The efigy Of
TIE Countess Of Lancaster in the Sacrarium has been
Clipped and badly defacel, probably by wOrkmen who
throw heavy iron tools upon II, piece Of brutal
carcles-ncss from which the Italian mosaic pavement
~ the thirteenth century in the sacranum has also
suffered severely But. considering The risks neviAho
only cause for wonder j. that the venerable Abbey
received no greater Injnly.
Frcmict's group. "Gorh Carrying ~ a Woman.'
which received 4 medal Of honor in the last salon
ffs I'm ap t-tIpn "a .I
~ August Nothing more horrible could be I'M
aStrcd by an artist seeking to pcrsomfy brute for'o
and ucstiallty selling nIon Innocence and
exaggerated tanban, has taken one
ready mDIe nom tho JarIin dos tiantes, and
reproduced his monster with splendid talent an un-
nnchng realism and dramatic lo~er which Is sus-
taucl despite the violence of the contrast, offered and
the hIdcol,ncs- of the result after all i, done
PAM Irroi. vino VIII ~ far most reputable
French critics for arts sake speaks OF tnis group
SUBJECT that which l. not to be disputed
by the impartial is thar the group Of NJ. Fremet in
carnatc, supreme degree tho bcstia force embodied
In this monstrous being with his fearful and the
doi airing struggle Of the human creature, loyel, and
sensitive above ali, crushed in the fierce embrace Of
this colossal animal. -
ono Of the recent publications of the Arundel society,
cnromo1thosrrph after Paul Ncroncse. has been
received bv Mc,Srs r. & J. h. Young Il Co, Cooper
Uuion the agents Of the society this country. Tho
subject u part OF the irescOes painted about 1865
by NcroueSe in tho archcd solIts vi rectangular
iN IalllGLO Tor the Patriarch OF Aqu,lUa and his
brother. the Irocuror of 81 Mark. The rprUduction
/, German acknowledgement after Il water couf
drawing OF the original by sisnor lesidod. Tina
Subject presents Justice, L female figure holding
The book Of the law I'm one hand, while the other II
out stretched, with the venerable figure of Time upon
her l1-ut Tho adv autascS aid d>a'lvant ages or
\Irl1u, means OF reproduction have been carefully
Weighed by the society during the forty years OF
IL, cNl~trIcc and chrono-llthu -raphy was adopted
in it, earlier years with understanding OF the loss
oi .tadatlous and luminosity aud comparative hardness
and natnc-~ Inevitable to this medium. But tho
,,ccol wort, the society has been the reproduction
of Italian Rrnnsccuco frcsc0es which exposed To
, ocular dlngcr-. and IL was considered that their
simple and comparatively HAT lines could lie best
brought ont by chromO-llthOgraphy. The present
annie shows tho limitations Ot the means employed,
while N tho same time the useful DIRK that has been
dina hy this society deserves TO 10 better known
Amenrans 10 has done for RenaScencc fre~cOe- aud
other forms ot art expression what the Chaco-
pbical society l. cndcavOring to d. for Cd prints,
and tho value OF this work Is apparent. \ brief
count OF tho society has been reprinted from The
Nineteenth century" by the American agents
OLD.TIME WITCHES ~ IA NE
Nora TtIry The independent
Whittier has very deity alluded 10 the Old so-called